AbeBooks' Literary Review of 2015

by Jessica Doyle

The biggest book of 2015 didn't win a single award. It wasn't even very well reviewed, but for months it was the only book anyone could talk about. 2015 marked the return of the enigmatic Harper Lee, an author we thought was a one-hit-wonder. Nearly 50 years after To Kill a Mockingbird first hit shelves, it was announced that a long-lost manuscript had been discovered and would be published under the title Go Set A Watchman. The literary world exploded with the news that Harper Lee's book count would double, and readers immediately split into two groups: those that couldn't wait to devour Go Set A Watchman, and those that were too scared to read it for fear of being disappointed. My copy sits on my shelf, still crisp and unread. I expect it will remain that way for a long time to come.